Kenneth D. West is the John D. MacArthur and Ragnar Frisch Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a position he has held since 1988.
Prior to joining the University of Wisconsin, he taught at Princeton University from 1983 to 1988. He currently serves as co-editor of the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking and has previously held the role of co-editor for the American Economic Review.